(A) The city hereby elects to participate in the programs provided for in the State Fire Protection Training Act, being ILCS Ch. 50, Act 740, §§ 1 et seq.
(B) Before an individual may commence regular full-time employment as a firefighter, he or she must have been certified by the State Fire Marshal as a Firefighter II, as having successfully completed an approved training course as provided in the Act.
(C) The Firefighter II training must be completed by the trainee within his or her probationary period of 12 months, except for volunteers, part-time and paid-on-call personnel.
(D) The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners is hereby instructed and directed to make the necessary amendments to the Personnel Rules, the Manual of Rules of the City Fire Department and the Rules of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, in order to require that any person appointed to the Fire Department of the city shall not become a regular member of the City Fire Department unless and until he or she has completed, pursuant to the State Fire Protection and Training Act, the approved training course within 11 months of the date of his or her initial employment.
(Ord. 91382.5, passed 9-13-1982)